web dev image, problem with testing

> Hi all,
>
> I am running Squeak web dev image: web07.08.1.  I have a test that
> uses a class side collection variable, where I check upon entry to the
> test method that the collection is empty.  Strangely enough, this
> assertion failed with one of my tests (it shouldn't as all tests end
> by clearing the variable).  This particular test did have some code in
> it that would fail, but it was a ways after the size check.  When I
> ran it through the debugger it worked to the real fail point, where I
> fixed it.  After that the test worked.
>
> So, is it possible that the tester in this image is restarting tests
> that fail for some reason?  The behavior is as if the test ran to the
> fail point, then restarted the method from the beginning.  And the
> first time this happened, I think it did this twice before failing, as
> my collection that should have been empty had 4 elements.  Twice what
> that test would enter.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
>

> Hi Jason,
>
> did you use a refactoring for this particular method before the
> problem appeared? It seems to me that the method was not well compiled
> and a bug like this existed some month ago. You might want to try
> using a newer image or update the RefactoringService package.
>
> Bye
>
> 2007/10/12, Jason Johnson <[hidden email]>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am running Squeak web dev image: web07.08.1.  I have a test that
> > uses a class side collection variable, where I check upon entry to the
> > test method that the collection is empty.  Strangely enough, this
> > assertion failed with one of my tests (it shouldn't as all tests end
> > by clearing the variable).  This particular test did have some code in
> > it that would fail, but it was a ways after the size check.  When I
> > ran it through the debugger it worked to the real fail point, where I
> > fixed it.  After that the test worked.
> >
> > So, is it possible that the tester in this image is restarting tests
> > that fail for some reason?  The behavior is as if the test ran to the
> > fail point, then restarted the method from the beginning.  And the
> > first time this happened, I think it did this twice before failing, as
> > my collection that should have been empty had 4 elements.  Twice what
> > that test would enter.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Damien Cassou
>
>